Bedřich Šupčík

Bedřich Šupčík (22 October 1898 – 11 July 1957) was a Czechoslovak gymnast and Olympic champion.[2] He competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, where he received a gold medal in rope climbing, and a bronze medal and in all-round individual.[3] He received a silver medal in team combined exercises at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Additionally, he competed at the 1926 and 1930 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, helping his CzechoSlovakian team to gold both time, and, individually, winning bronze on rings in 1926 and silver on rings in 1930.

Bedřich Šupčík
Personal information
Country represented Czechoslovakia
Born(1898-10-22)22 October 1898
Trumau, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary
Died11 July 1957(1957-07-11) (aged 58)
Písek, Czechoslovakia
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Medal record
Olympic Games
1924 Paris Rope climbing
1928 Amsterdam Team
1924 Paris All round, individual
World Championships
1926 LyonTeam[1]
1930 LuxembourgTeam
1930 LuxembourgRings
1926 LyonRings

References
  1. Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (2005). "125th Anniversary - The story goes on..." (PDF). FIG. p. 64.
  2. "Bedřich Šupčík". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  3. Czechoslovakia at the Olympics
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